Mileage Master

[rvariverguy]

I subscribe to a daily email called "Now I Know" that highlights a random story every day, usually something pretty interesting that makes for good water cooler talk. Today's was about Irv Gordon and his Volvo P1800, now closing in on 3 million miles driven together. There's an article about him on Volvo's site: http://www.volvocars.com/intl/top/about/news-events/pages/default.aspx?itemid=192

So, I gotta ask, who's got the most miles driven on his/her ZHP? Think you'll still be driving it 50 years from now? I wonder what BMW model holds the record for most miles. Anyone know?

[midlandtech]

Wow impressive that it's got the same block tranny and diff as it did from the factory


~Steve
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[brettbimmer]

I think I would put my money on an E30 or E28 for most miles driven, but I have never see anything official on this question. I am almost at 240K on a '97 E36 with original eng & manual trans., but that is a long way from 3 million miles! ZHP has just a few less miles. :thumbsup

[Johnmadd]

I love this guy! My e30 has had a broken odometer for so many year I don't know and its gotta be over 500,000 miles And still going.

[brettbimmer]

I love this guy! My e30 has had a broken odometer for so many year I don't know and its gotta be over 500,000 miles And still going.

Awesome John! Assume it is something more then the infamous odometer gear?

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[Johnmadd]

Awesome John! Assume it is something more then the infamous odometer gear?

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Just lazy I guess, went and bought a couple at pick n pull and no luck, I just rack them up at the usual pace of minimum 600-700 a week.

[brettbimmer]

Just lazy I guess, went and bought a couple at pick n pull and no luck, I just rack them up at the usual pace of minimum 600-700 a week.

Haha, fair enough. Gears alone didn't used to be too $, but if If doesn't bother you, fuggetaboutit! I just hated not knowing actual miles for oil changes, etc. Old one melted in the speedo-odo. :D

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[Oli77]

Crazy story. Same radio even!

This is when it seems appropriate to say "they don't make 'em like they used to".

[az3579]

I've had my E30 longer than I've had my E46, but my E30 had a non-working odometer for a good amount of time when I had it. I can only estimate that I've put about 90-110k on it the whole time I've had it (almost 4 years).

I've already put about 57-58k on mine in the short 1.8 years I've had it. I actually thought to myself that if I was to keep this car another 10 years, I would have well over 440,000 miles on it by then. Insane how much time is spent in the driver's seat!

To drive 3 million miles, though; that will require ownership for a looooooooong time! At the rate I drive, I would need to drive this car for another 91 or so years!

[VA//M3]

This reminds me of the 500,000 mile Acura Legend.

[rvariverguy]

This reminds me of the 500,000 mile Acura Legend.

The Legend was a legend perhaps?